GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-8
St. Mary’s Church (Deer River) and St. Joseph’s Church (Ball Club)
Parish Office
P.O. Box 98
Deer River, MN 56636
Phone: 218-246-8582
Email: See website
History: St. Mary Church, Deer River, Itasca County, and St. St. Joseph Church, Ball Club, Leech Lake Reservation, Minnesota, are two nearby parishes in the Diocese of Duluth (Archives: Duluth, Minnesota) that share staff and resources.
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1892-1896 |
Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) at Immaculate Conception, Red Lake, attended to Ball Club station (Ojibwa), Leech Lake Reservation |
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1896-1906 |
Benedictines at Holy Family, Cloquet, attended to Ball Club station |
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1906-1912 |
Benedictines at Holy Family, Cloquet, established and attended to St. Ann Mission, Ball Club |
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1912-1926 |
Benedictines at St. Theodore’s, Ponsford, attended to St. Ann’s |
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1926-1934 |
Benedictines at St. Catherine's, Cass Lake, attended to St. Joseph’s/ Ann’s |
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1934-1980s |
Became a parish; Benedictines administered St. Joseph Church |
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1980s-present |
Duluth diocesan priests have administered St. Joseph’s |
Benedictines and Duluth diocesan priests at St. Joseph's have administered the following Ojibwa Indian missions and stations on the Leech Lake Reservation:
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1934-1938 (closed) |
Round Lake station |
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1934-1940 (closed) |
Bowstring station |
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1934-1940 (closed) |
Cut Foot Sioux [Lake] station |
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1934-1940 (closed) |
Lake Winnibigoshish station |
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1934-present |
St. Ann Mission, Bena |
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1936-1952 (closed) |
Inger station |
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1936-1948 (became a mission) |
Squaw Lake station |
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1948-1962 (transferred to St. Michael's, Northome) |
St. Catherine Mission, Squaw Lake |
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1963-1970s |
Sacred Heart Mission, Federal Dam |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1906-ongoing
Volume: At least 2.5 cubic feet
Description: The records are described by record type, since they were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1906-ongoing
Volume: At least 7 volumes
Description: For St. Joseph’s Church and its missions and stations.
A. Baptisms, 1906-ongoing; 1906-1934 records are copies from Holy Family, Cloquet; St. Theodore's, Ponsford; and St. Charles', Cass Lake
B. Marriages, 1935-ongoing
C. Deaths, 1936-ongoing
D. First communions, 1947-ongoing
E. Confirmations, 1934-ongoing
/2 Subject file
Inclusive dates: 1960s-ongoing
Volume: At least 2 cubic feet
Description: Arranged alphabetically.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.
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